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AFTER racing from Sydney to
Opua, in the Bay of Islands, the
Waitemata Harbour will be a
welcome refuge for eight elegant
ladies of the sea.
After arriving in New Zealand
waters, the tall ships sail down
the east coast, stopping at Kawau
Island before being led into the
harbour by Maori waka.
They’ll tie up at the Queens,
Hobson and Princes Wharves this
Friday in readiness for the two-day
Tall Ships Festival, hosted by Voy-
ager NZ Maritime Museum.
The museum’s chairman Alastair
Aitken says: “We’re delighted to
be involved in co-ordinating a visit
from these magnifcent tall ships.
“We must not forget the histori-
cal signifcance of tall ships in the
European settlement of New Zea-
land. So many European families
took that long, arduous journey
from the United Kingdom to our
shores in tall ships.”
The grand vessels will be open to
the public this Saturday and Sun-
day during Labour Weekend.
At 10am on Saturday, the crews
will march along the waterfront
from Wynyard Quarter to The
Cloud, led by the Royal NZ Navy
Band, for the offcial welcome and
powhiri.
The largest ship in the feet is
the venerable 102-year-old, three-
masted bark Europa, originally
built in Germany and now belong-
ing to Holland and complemented
by the schooner Oosterschelde.
The largest restored Dutch sail-
ing ship, the Oosterschelde is a
monument for Dutch shipbuild-
ing and maritime navigation under
sail.
The baby of the feet is Young
Endeavour, given to Australia by
the UK as a bicentennial gift in
1988. There’s also The Spirit of New
Zealand, believed to be the world’s
busiest youth training ship, with an
annual programme of 340 days at
sea.
Unique to the feet is the UK’s
Lord Nelson, the frst ship in the
world to be designed and built to
enable people of all physical abili-
ties to sail side by side on equal
terms.
Appearing also in the Tall Ships
Festival are Tecla from Holland,
Picton Castle of Canada, and New
Zealand’s R. Tucker Thompson.
The Maritime Museum’s own
tall ship, the brigantine Breeze, is
joining the other tall ships for the
festival weekend.
Tall Ships Festival director and
former Spirit of Adventure chief
executive John Lister says: “This is
a wonderful opportunity for Auck-
landers to witness the spectacle of
a tall ships feet.
“It’s rare to get such a group of
ships in our part of the world and
too good an opportunity to let slip
by.”
The tall ships will be open for
public viewing on October 26,
11am-4pm, and October 27, 10am-
4pm, while other activities are
being held at The Cloud.
On Labour Day next Monday,
at 12-1pm, the tall ships sail from
the downtown wharves with a full
naval salute at Orakei Wharf.
Tall ships sailing in
to liven up harbour
ELEGANT LADIES: Tall ships such as Holland's Europa, left, and the United Kingdom's Lord Nelson will be at
downtown Auckland wharves for public viewing during Labour Weekend.
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